Ely Museum Information
Contact Information
Ely Museum,
The Old Gaol, Market Street,
Ely, Cambridgeshire,
CB7 4LS
Curator: Elie Hughes
[T] 01353 666655
[F] 01353 659259
Summer Opening Times
Monday — Saturday
10.30am — 5.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm — 5.00pm
Winter Opening Times
Monday — Saturday*
10.30am — 4.00pm
Sunday 1.00pm — 4.00pm
*closed on Tuesdays except for school and group bookings
Admission Charges
Adults £3.50
Concessions £2.50
Up to 4 children (16 yrs and under) FREE with each paying adult.
For Local & Joint Tickets:
See visitor information page.
Ely Shopmobility
Shopmobility is a scheme to provide electrically powered scooters to help people who have limited mobility to shop and use other facilities in Ely.
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Gallery 6:
A Sedan chair
In this age of mini–cabs and shop mobility it is easy to forget that in the past the average person walked. If he couldn't walk he didn’t go! The ladies of Ely however had a sedan chair and after careful restoration you see it in its present conserved state. At one time there were two of these chairs: one for the town ladies and one for the cathedral ladies! How they agreed whose turn it was to use it, and what the order of priority may have been is not recorded but presumably with one to share between several, arrivals at community events must have been staggered!
The same applies to the community bath chair from Witcham. Rheumatisms, arthritis and other damp related afflictions were common in the area so presumably the community wheel chair would have been a popular commodity. Take a moment to ponder the description of some of the local ailments and their prescribed treatments.